![]() ![]() Externally generally sound with some shelf wear and closed tear along the upper joint, holding firm, minor loss and chipping to the head of the spine, minor bumping… In the original publisher's full cloth binding, illustrated to the front board. The author's copyright edition, dated around the copies found on Copac. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece. The story in part I tells of their escape from Civil War on the balloon and their stranding on the island. Translated from the French by W. Set during the American Civil War, the series follows the tale of five war prisoners who are wrecked on a deserted island after hijacking a hydrogen balloon. A later printing of the first of three novels forming Jules Verne's 'The Mysterious Island.' This novel was followed by Abandoned and The Secret of the Island. ![]() A later printing of this novel by Jules Verne, part I of his trilogy 'The Mysterious Island'. ![]() London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, c1900. ![]()
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